Everybody's Talkin': Crimson Releases "Gold" Collections from Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson, Jim Reeves, Glenn Miller, Joe Brown

By Joe Marchese | March 25, 2021 | 6 Comments

Crimson Productions' series of budget-priced Gold compilations has continued with a number of new titles spotlighting artists from the pop-rock, country, and big band genres.  Today, we'll take a look at five of those recent releases. Nilsson: Gold features 45 tracks from singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson's RCA recordings.  As Nilsson's oeuvre has been comprehensively addressed in […]

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Down the Road: Grateful Dead's 'Skull & Roses' Album Expanded with Unreleased Show

By Joe Marchese | March 24, 2021 | 6 Comments

Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary series keeps on truckin' with the June 18 reissue of the band's 1971 eponymous live album also known as their "Skull and Roses" album after the cover artwork by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse.  While the Dead was still a young band at that point, Grateful Dead was their second double-LP […]

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Feelin' Groovy: Cherry Red, El Collect Harpers Bizarre's "Complete Warner Bros. Recordings"

By Joe Marchese | March 23, 2021 | 5 Comments

When Harpers Bizarre made their debut on Warner Bros. Records in spring 1967, they joined an eclectic roster of pop stars (Petula Clark, The Association), folksingers (Chad Mitchell, Peter Paul and Mary), comedy titans (Bob Newhart, Allan Sherman), MOR artists (The Anita Kerr Singers, Rod McKuen), and one forward-thinking psychedelic rock band (Grateful Dead).  The […]

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Short Takes: Triumph Prepares New Box Set as RSD Ambassadors; Omnivore Celebrates "Yesterday's Tomorrow;" and Evie Sands Releases New LP

By Joe Marchese | March 22, 2021 | 3 Comments

Canadian hard rock heroes Triumph have been selected as the Canadian Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021 - and the band isn't showing up empty-handed!  As previously reported, RSD will be held in two "Drops" this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The first of those drops is June 12, with the second to […]

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Mysteries of Love: Two Alphaville Albums Get the Deluxe Treatment

By Joe Marchese | March 22, 2021 | 3 Comments

German synthpop trio Alphaville is best remembered today in the U.S. for the Dance chart-topper "Big in Japan" and other floor-filling hits including "Forever Young," "Jet Set," "Dance with Me," and "Red Rose."  Alphaville's 1984 debut, also titled Forever Young, was released as a Super Deluxe Edition in 2019; now, on May 7, Rhino will […]

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